Daily Archives: August 14, 2013

What are those crazy little black square anyway? Now you see them in magazines, newspapers, grocery stores and even on a billboard! Quick Response Codes were created for the auto industry in Japan, and have bee adopted by many businesses as a new means of communication. The blocks are much like the bar code we

Know an outstanding science educator? Nominate him or her for a NCSTA Award . Awards given in the following categories: Outstanding Student Teacher in Science (elementary, middle, and high levels) District Outstanding Science Teacher (elementary, middle, and high levels) Distinguished Service in Science Education in North Carolina (elementary, middle, high, college/university, administrator/supervisor, non-school

The first day of school is quickly approaching, and for some of you may have already passed. When the day comes, the reality of summer ending kicks in and just like that, you’re back in school mode. You’ve worked hard and used your creative juices to get your classroom all set up, the students have

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Meet Sahil, America’s Top Young Scientist February 24 at 1:00PM – 2:00PM EST Live from Pittsburgh, PA Meet Sahil Doshi, America’s 2014 Top Young Scientist. Inspired by the global energy crisis, Sahil developed an innovative new battery design called PolluCell and submitted his innovative idea to the 2014 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Chosen

In this installment of One Idea With: Discovery Education Senior Vice President Scott Kinney interviews Dr. Latoya Dixon and Dr. Mike Waiksnis, Co-Principals of the Rowan-Salisbury School System’s Knox Middle School in North Carolina. Drs. Dixon and Waiksnis’ One Idea focuses on how their different personal and leadership styles support their work as co-principals. Watch the video below to learn

Many of you may have realized, to your chagrin, that the Xtranormal site has been shut down as of July 31st. I searched for alternatives and found Digital Films . I have only been playing around with it for a few hours, but have not noticed a feature that allows characters to speak typed text